# Peanuts in the shell - yea or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 10, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-in-the-shell-yea-or-nay/939739 "2021-04-10T12:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-in-the-shell-yea-or-nay/939739/52 "2021-04-20T01:38:49Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > The absolute best are roasted salted-in-shell Circus Peanuts. 😅 I imagine those would melt into a gloppy mass of slime mold, but somewhere there’s somebody who likes them that way. [**Cecil Hisself** dissertates on the subject here.](https://www.straightdope.com/21342305/does-anybody-actually-like-circus-peanuts) The Old Timers here will certainly remember this column. > **[Does anybody actually like Circus Peanuts?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342305/does-anybody-actually-like-circus-peanuts)** [The Teeming Millions react here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/465052) > [@Circus Peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/465052): > > Regarding Cecil’s column about [Circus Peanuts](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1159/does-anybody-actually-like-circus-peanuts) and the enjoyment thereof … I noticed a couple references to “grandma”, and that made me think of one possible reason why some of us honestly enjoy Circus Peanuts. I’d be willing to bet that most of us got our first taste of this fine candy as a child at Grandma’s house. I certainly did. Assuming that visiting Grandma was typically a pleasant treat (for me, it was always a treat when, several times a year, the family would pile into the car for the … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-in-the-shell-yea-or-nay/939739)._